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Biography therapy

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Sometimes, when someone is dying they just don’t want to focus on their disease any more. And during Covid-19, like many of the rest of us, the dying need a break from that too. That’s when a biography service for the dying can be just what the doctor ordered.

“We’ve found one of the things our clients really appreciate is the chance to be someone other than a patient with an illness. At a time in life when a lot of their meaningful activities have been taken from them, it’s wonderful for clients to be able to think of something else,” explained Robyn Swanson.

Robyn coordinates the Sacred Heart Community Palliative Care Team Biography Service at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, along with her co-worker Julie Gissing.

It’s not a medical model

“It’s not a medical model. It gives people their dignity back. Reflecting on the rich lives they have lived sometimes even helps them with their pain. It’s not just a distraction but it provides meaning,” said Julie.

So clients have the opportunity to meet and talk about their life as they put together a legacy document that w

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Biography research guide

I am writing a biography on the Australian poet Edward Harrington. What information is available on him?

We can start by searching likely databases for entries on Harrington e.g. Australian Dictionary of Biography and AustLit. For AustLit, visit our eResources portal and search for the database under the Browse eResources tab.

It is always useful to search the catalogue to see if the Library has any items relating to Harrington. A Catalogue search for "Edward Harrington" shows that we hold a portrait of him, a biographical cuttings file and an oral history recording by him.

It is a good idea to check his published works to see if any biographical information is included in his writings.

We can then search the Trove newspaper database to find articles that mention Harrington.

If Harrington was involved in any organisations, such as a poet's society, searching for the organisation may provide some useful background on his life and activities.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

Not to be confused with Dictionary of Australian Biography.

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history. Initially published by Melbourne University Press in a series of twelve hard-copy volumes between 1966 and 2005, the dictionary has been published online since 2006 by the National Centre of Biography at ANU, which has also published Obituaries Australia (OA) since 2010.

History

The ADB project has been operating since 1957,[1] although preparation work had been made since about 1954 in the Australian National University. An index was formed that would be the ADB's basis. Pat Wardle was involved in this work and in time she too was in the ADB.[2] Staff are located at the National Centre of Biography in the History Department of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National Un

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